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Gogoat Rocks! November 16th, 2013 9:49 PM

Poke Radar Shiny Method. ((Read Hole Top Post Before Attempting this Method!))
 
The Poke Radar Shiny Method
Read the Hole Post Before Attempting this Method!

Some of you Might not read the hole post and try it out without the information you need. but I highly recommend you read all of it. every bit of information counts.

Lets Begin.
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It funny that just just a few little changes can make a feature go from convenient to frustrating.
The Poke Radar, first introduced in gen 4, has returned for X & Y. but it's not quite as useful than it was in the past. You can get it after you beat the Elite Four, on the 2nd floor of Professor Sycamore lab in Lumose City.
Here's how it works.

First. You'll need a lot of Repels and find a big patch of grass or flowers. most People agree that in Kalos, the best patch to try is the big one past the roller skaters on Route 5. The Patch Must Not Have Any Holes in it. And it has to be pretty big too.
Before you begin, you'll probably want to Register the Poke Radar, and Unregister anything else you have Registered.
Do Not Use Your Roller Skates At Any Time During This Process! Just stick to the D Pad.
Now. Use a repel and step into the grass. and press the Y button to use the radar.
You'll see some patches of grass moving and here the music change. You'll want to have your sound one during this process. Because the music will help you know when you Break your chain. If the poke radar music stops and the route music starts playing, your chain is broken. You'll need to start over.
Occasionally, the Poke Radar will play different Music. No one knows why yet. but since your chain is not broken when it comes on, you Don't need to worry.
Find the fastest shaking patch of grass and step into it to start you chain.
You Must Defeat Every Pokemon You Run Into. If You Run Away From It, It Will Break Your Chain And You'll Have To Start Over.
The goal here is to find the same species pokemon over and over again in a row. otherwise known as Chaining that pokemon. Until one of the shaking grass starts shining. once you see it, you should walk into it right away. Because the Shining Patches contain Shiny Pokemon.
Once a battle ends, immediately More Patches of grass will shake. You Need To Be Very Careful About which Patch of Grass you Step in.
THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!
If you walk into any on the edge of the Grass, You'll most likely Break you Chain.
If you walk into any that are shaking right next to each other, You'll most likely Break you Chain.
If you walk into any that are in four squares of you, You'll most likely Break you Chain.
If you walk into any that's not shaking fast Enough, You'll most likely Break you Chain.
If a Pokemon you have with you tries to evolve or a egg hatches you Will break your chain.
If you walk to far away from the grass you will break your chain.
And sometimes the chain will just stop for no good reason. but that's rare.
If you happen to run into one of the legendary birds while Attempting this Method, they at least will not break your chain.(aren't they sweet. :P)
Sometimes, None of the patches that shake will be use usable. what should you do? Step out of the grass and walk 50 steps. then walk back into the grass and use the Radar again. This is called resetting, and it just gives you more patches of grass to chose from without breaking your chain. You might need to reset your radar multiple times in a row before you find a patch of grass that will work. If you think you saw a good one but you were not sure, Reset anyway. You can never be to careful.
The good news is, if you get a chain of 40, you can just walk around and reset your radar over and over again until you find a shiny patch.

honestly this is the most frustrating process in the hole game for most people. It requires a lot of concentration and Patients.

Well There's your Guide to Poke Radar Shiny Method.
If you have any questions, just ask. I'll Reply to you as fast as I can.
Happy Shiny Hunting. :)

Caiustheblack November 17th, 2013 4:26 AM

Actually, serebii stated already, and projectpokemon too, that the music change with increased tempo increases the chanche of finding a shiny patch.
Also, slowpoke grasses make a particular noise when you use the pokeradar.
And any grass shaking outside the 7x7 tiles area around you is safe to go and wont break your chain.
I forgot to mention ,even if i know all the mechanics and stuff, i spent several hours with shiny radar hunting and yet got only one :)

Gogoat Rocks! November 17th, 2013 6:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Caiustheblack (Post 7940390)
Actually, serebii stated already, and projectpokemon too, that the music change with increased tempo increases the chanche of finding a shiny patch.
Also, slowpoke grasses make a particular noise when you use the pokeradar.
And any grass shaking outside the 7x7 tiles area around you is safe to go and wont break your chain.
I forgot to mention ,even if i know all the mechanics and stuff, i spent several hours with shiny radar hunting and yet got only one :)

Thank for the info. :)
I honestly got none from this method but I will stop at nothing till I get my Shiny Skiddo. :)

Beyond Infinity November 17th, 2013 6:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Caiustheblack (Post 7940390)
Actually, serebii stated already, and projectpokemon too, that the music change with increased tempo increases the chanche of finding a shiny patch.

Ah! See, I've been chaining a bit recently and thought I was so focused on the grass that I didn't notice the music until a while in, by which point I thought I was going barmy. Thanks!

Also, are you allowed to exit the grass you're in? I thought you had to remain inside it?

And for anyone trying to chain, I've had chains of 26, 25, 19 and 7. I got one shiny, after the chain of 7.

Gogoat Rocks! November 17th, 2013 4:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Beyond Infinity (Post 7940472)
Also, are you allowed to exit the grass you're in? I thought you had to remain inside it?

You can exit the grass without you breaking your chain. but if you walk to far away from the grass you will break your chain.

LoudSilence November 17th, 2013 9:50 PM

Brilliant type up, thanks for the info. Here it is in image form for people who like pictures :)

http://yellowfur.tumblr.com/post/64774138413/shiny-hunting-guide-1-since-so-muc-people-asked

Aeroblast November 17th, 2013 10:32 PM

I might use this method to chain a shiny Furfrou or something in the future. I've never been patient to go over 20+ chain, though.

destinedjagold November 18th, 2013 2:00 AM

Strange that your post sounds exactly like how Tamashii on YouTube explained it...

Caiustheblack November 18th, 2013 2:58 AM

for some reason i started being overconfident about this method and picking a fast&loud shaking grazz thats just 1-2 tiles far away....
Amount of caterpies that broke my 25+ pikachu chains: 15 so far :)

Beyond Infinity November 18th, 2013 3:31 AM

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Originally Posted by LoudSilence (Post 7942108)
Brilliant type up, thanks for the info. Here it is in image form for people who like pictures :)

http://yellowfur.tumblr.com/post/64774138413/shiny-hunting-guide-1-since-so-muc-people-asked

It says that the rate of encountering shinies increases after a chain of 40. Is this confirmed in X and Y or did I misinterpret?

Also, for people who are trying to catch the shiny, I have three hints:
1) Have a Pokemon which can inflict a non-lethal status effect ie. sleep or paralysis.
2) Try to have a Pokemon with False Swipe, it gets the Pokemon down to 1HP. (Eventually.)
3) Check the moveset of the Pokemon you are catching. Don't False Swipe it down to 1HP if it knows a move with recoil like Take Down.
(Also, if it is a low enough level, just throw an Ultra Ball first time...)

Farore November 18th, 2013 3:52 AM

No, the rate of encounetring shinies increases along the way but it's when you have a chain of 40 that you will most likely encounter one after resetting a few times.

For example I met my shiny Furfrou at chain 36 (or 37, I don't really remember) and it seems that there are people that saw shinies whith chains below 20, but that's pretty rare.

You have to watch out for moves like Teleport, Whirlwind, Dragon Tail etc too.
I was anxious when I met a shiny Pancham in the safari yesterday, since she had Circle Throw.

However, in those cases, the fast ball is very useful.

Also, if you lack PP, don't hesitate to use a PP Restoring Power, and a Capture Power before catching the shiny.

Beyond Infinity November 18th, 2013 5:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Farore (Post 7942364)
No, the rate of encounetring shinies increases along the way but it's when you have a chain of 40 that you will most likely encounter one after resetting a few times.

For example I met my shiny Furfrou at chain 36 (or 37, I don't really remember) and it seems that there are people that saw shinies whith chains below 20, but that's pretty rare.

Sorry, I meant that I thought once you hit 40 you had a 1 in 200 chance of encountering a shiny and that chance didn't increase at all from that point on.

1/200 is the best you can get, but the image suggests your chance increases even after 40.

LoudSilence November 18th, 2013 6:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Beyond Infinity (Post 7942347)
It says that the rate of encountering shinies increases after a chain of 40. Is this confirmed in X and Y or did I misinterpret?

I was wondering about that too, but it seems as if the general consensus is that it won't increase past 40. It might just be bad English (doesn't seem to be his native language).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farore
No, the rate of encounetring shinies increases along the way but it's when you have a chain of 40 that you will most likely encounter one after resetting a few times.

Oh, I didn't know that. Does the encounter rate just increase, or do you actually see those shiny patches of grass before 40?

LoudSilence November 18th, 2013 6:40 AM

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Originally Posted by unknownred81 (Post 7942488)
what my fc is 0447-5563-0038

There's a thread for that, we're not swapping friend codes here, sorry.

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=309989

Farore November 18th, 2013 9:33 AM

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Originally Posted by LoudSilence (Post 7942486)
Oh, I didn't know that. Does the encounter rate just increase, or do you actually see those shiny patches of grass before 40?

You can see a shiny patch before 40. (Mine was at 36/37)

The different music that you can hear sometimes can help with that, if you get lucky.

Beyond Infinity November 18th, 2013 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Farore (Post 7942729)
You can see a shiny patch before 40. (Mine was at 36/37)

The different music that you can hear sometimes can help with that, if you get lucky.

I've caught a shiny on a chain of 7, plus 12/31 while fishing.

I was always under the impression once you hit 40, the odds did not improve.

LoudSilence November 18th, 2013 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Farore (Post 7942729)
You can see a shiny patch before 40. (Mine was at 36/37)

The different music that you can hear sometimes can help with that, if you get lucky.

Suddenly, HOPE

That is great to hear, one other question: could you technically then keep resetting the Pokeradar at, say, a chain of 30 instead of 40 until you see shiny grass? I'm pretty sure that's what you mean but I wanted to make absolutely sure.

Hitting 30, I wouldn't have the heart to get the last 10 of the chain...failure would break me :(

Farore November 18th, 2013 12:05 PM

@Beyond Infinity : After 40, there's no need to continue chaining, that's the maximum shiny encounter rate you're going to get. (1/200 like you said)

So all you need to do is to keep resetting the Pokeradar until the shiny patch appears. :)

Though I couldn't even get to 40 personnally, 38 is my record.

All my chains were broken by a random Pokemon or it stopped by istelf... *sigh*

It's really difficult, even if you follow the rules. I caught far more shinies while walking around the safari, but I'll try again later.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoudSilence (Post 7942898)
Suddenly, HOPE

That is great to hear, one other question: could you technically then keep resetting the Pokeradar at, say, a chain of 30 instead of 40 until you see shiny grass? I'm pretty sure that's what you mean but I wanted to make absolutely sure.

Hitting 30, I wouldn't have the heart to get the last 10 of the chain...failure would break me http://www.pokecommunity.com/images/templates/smilies/cerulean/3.%20frown.gif

Technically you can, but I'm not sure how long it would take you to make a shiny appear that way.

And you have to be careful, since sometimes, the music stops and the chain breaks by itself, maybe when you reset too much, I'm not sure.

It happened twice to me and it was very discouraging. However, the patch of grass I was in wasn't very big, maybe that was also one of the reasons. (I was chaining Goomy in the Swamp)

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire November 18th, 2013 12:10 PM

I got one of those rare breaks in one of the chains I did...which I knew about resetting...

hughes November 18th, 2013 3:28 PM

I never successfully chained in either Gen IV or Gen VI games. I think the longest streak I got was 20? Something like that. My longest chain ever in Gen IV was broken by Azelf, which was annoying. One of my chains in Y was also interrupted by Zapdos, but apparently the chain is still viable if you run into a legendary bird? I wasn't listening to the music, so I don't know if it changed. I'm pretty sure it did ruin it because I didn't find another Skiddo (which is what I was chaining at the time).

I still think this method is cool, but I don't know if I have the patience or the luck for it. :P

Farore November 18th, 2013 3:33 PM

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Originally Posted by hughes (Post 7943172)
One of my chains in Y was also interrupted by Zapdos, but apparently the chain is still viable if you run into a legendary bird?

That's correct, the legendary birds don't break your chain, thank Goomy.

fireflystorm November 18th, 2013 3:42 PM

Darn, I didn't actually know that about resetting. Anyway, I have terrible luck with PokeRadar chaining. Got a chain of 33 Bidoofs, never did find a shiny. Alas.

... Shhh. Shiny Bidoof is important to me.

Farore November 18th, 2013 3:53 PM

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Originally Posted by fireflystorm (Post 7943191)
Darn, I didn't actually know that about resetting. Anyway, I have terrible luck with PokeRadar chaining. Got a chain of 33 Bidoofs, never did find a shiny. Alas.

... Shhh. Shiny Bidoof is important to me.

Shiny Bidoof... I met one, when I started my game on Diamond.

Wow, shiny, how lucky right? Yeah, but I didn't have any Pokeballs yet... :_: (And he knocked out my starter too!)

Anyways, good luck with your chaining guys, it needs a looot of patience, but it's a good way to obtain shinies, if you get the hang of it, I guess.

LoudSilence November 18th, 2013 8:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Farore (Post 7942905)
Technically you can, but I'm not sure how long it would take you to make a shiny appear that way.

And you have to be careful, since sometimes, the music stops and the chain breaks by itself, maybe when you reset too much, I'm not sure.

It happened twice to me and it was very discouraging. However, the patch of grass I was in wasn't very big, maybe that was also one of the reasons. (I was chaining Goomy in the Swamp)

Hmm alright thanks for the info.

I realise Masuda Method is probably the most reliable way to get a shiny, especially if you want to actually use it in battles (can control natures, stats, etc.). But this is a neat thing to say you've accomplished at least once, I guess.

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Originally Posted by Farore (Post 7943178)
...thank Goomy.

Haha Goomy is a thing now? I would have figured Bidoof, his status after Joey's Rattata is almost legendary

Quote:

Originally Posted by fireflystorm (Post 7943191)

... Shhh. Shiny Bidoof is important to me.

Anyone who doesn't understand why it would be important simply lacks the refined taste necessary to understand Bidoof's charm.

Bidoof4Prez2016!

Flushed November 18th, 2013 10:37 PM

For those interested in the dilemma of whether to stop and reset the chain before 40, I have statistics based on generation 4:

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/7/74/Pok%C3%A9RadarShinyProbability.png

Using the following equation, even a 39 chain halves the 1/200 chance to a 1/400 chance. Stopping at a 30 chain makes the odds approximately ~1/2128. Is it worth it to go to 40? You decide haha. Again, I'm not sure if the mechanics have changed, especially with the music factor, but the 1/200 is still justified by the equation, so I don't see why not.


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